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Material: Tortoise Shell
Louis XV Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock by St Martin, Paris, circa 1720
Located in Norwich, GB
Louis XV tortoiseshell Boulle Timepiece with ‘Silent’ pull quarter repeat by St. Martin, Paris, circa 1720 Waisted case with fine ormolu mounts and cut brass inlay to the stained tortoiseshell with ‘mother of pearl’ and coloured floral decoration. Gilded top surmounted by a cherub feeding through a straw from a scallop shell over leafy corner mounts. Shaped bead-bordered glazed door applied with an apron mount of a child chromos holding a sandglass and staff, set within a leafy trail surround. Brass lined recessed arch windows to the sides, the interior of the case with symmetrical Rococo panel...
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1720s French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique Tortoiseshell Sterling Silver Heart Photograph Frame Dated London 1897
Located in London, GB
Tortoiseshell and silver heart photograph frame date London, 1897 Maker Henry John Batson & Albert Edward Batson This frame is in excellent cond...
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1890s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Bruguier Tortoiseshell Swiss Fusée Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare, early Swiss automaton singing bird box by the famed Charles Bruguier is housed in a case enveloped in luxurious tortoiseshell. Ev...
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19th Century Swiss Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Gold

English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely bow front tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with mother of pearl flowers and topped with a silver badge. English, circa 1870.
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1870s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

19th Century English Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
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19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

19th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin / Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French Boulle Mazarin desk, having wonderful classical scrolling decoration and subjects inlaid in brass and tortoiseshell t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Spanish Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
A Spanish tortoiseshell and bone inlaid, ebonized walnut marquetry cabinet on stand. The upper section with a pediment with a double headed eagl...
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Early 1800s Spanish Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

19th C. Napoleon III Tortoiseshell Boulle Marquetry Commode, Gilt Bronze Details
By André-Charles Boulle, Nicolas Sageot
Located in Madrid, ES
An opulent 19th century French Napoleon III (nephew of Bonaparte I) style commode, with Boulle style red-orange tortoiseshell and brass marquetry, ormolu detailing and marble top. Th...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

The Royal Boulle Marquetry Commode By Blake
By Robert Blake
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental Boulle commode was crafted by Robert Blake, one of the finest and most important English cabinetmakers of his time. It is modeled after the legendary pair of commodes...
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19th Century English Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

18th Original Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Carey Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
Italian cabinet on table. Walnut and rosewood, hawksbill, bronze in color and gilded, 17th century. Sample desktop pool located on ball and claw with handles on the sides. The front...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes
Located in London, GB
Gilt-bronze and Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer set by Gleizes French, 19th Century Height 115cm, width 30cm, depth 7cm In the Louis XV style, t...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Ormolu

Italian Early 18th Century Baroque Period Ten-Drawer, One Door Specimen Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian early 18th century Baroque period ebonized fruit wood, tortoiseshell and bone ten drawer, one door specimen cabinet. The cabinet is raised by claw and ball feet below a mottled border. Each drawer displays two exquisite central tortoiseshell reserves framed within an etched bone foliate border and a mottled border with a fine pierced brass foliate keyhole escutcheon. Each drawer is separated by charming and detailed pierced brass rosettes. Leading up each side are intricately etched bone inlayed plaques with masks and foliate garlands. The central door displays a sensational bone inlay on rosewood, of a striking monument with grand columns and a superbly detailed horse and rider spearing a dragon. The door opens to reveal an additional drawer with two detailed charming scenes. The beautiful finished interior, with the original mirror plates in the background, is framed within impressive columns and a unique and most decorative bone and ebonized fruit wood checkered floor...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bone, Tortoise Shell, Fruitwood

Fine Antique French Napoleon III Period Boulle Marquetry Ebonized Vanity Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare French Napoleon III Second Empire Period (1852-1870) Boulle marquetry table. France, almost certainly Parisian work, Mid-19th Century, executed in sophisticated Louis XV tas...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Metal, Brass, Bronze

Squared Table in Tortoiseshell Lucite and Steel Italy 1970s Faux Tortoise Shell
Located in Rome, IT
Squared Midcentury table made of a tortoiseshell Lucite surface and a chrome "X" structure. Italy circa 1970.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Metal, Chrome

19th Century Eastern Tortoiseshell and Bone Blue Velvet Lined Trinket Box
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Beautiful 19th Century Eastern Tortoiseshell and Bone Trinket Box, Lined with Blue Velvet on Paw Feet. Ideal for jewellery or keepsakes or just as a ...
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Mid-19th Century South Asian Moorish Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bone, Tortoise Shell

Antique English Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful tea caddy. The tortorise shell color is perfection.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XV style Napoleon III period brass inlaid, tortoise shell and ormolu Boulle Bureau Plat stamped Befort Jeune...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Vintage Turtle Box by Antony Redmile
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical mid century trinket box crafted in composition in a turtle form having a polished stone lid handle and silver plate on brass head and...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver Plate, Copper

Dutch Baroque Tortoiseshell Veneered & Ripple-Molded Ebonized Mirror, 17/18thc.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of rectangular form with varying moldings of ripple and cushion forms, the frame overall with ebonized ground and applied tortoiseshell veneers
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Early 1700s Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Antique French Gilt Bronze and Boulle Marquetry Jardinière
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and Boulle marquetry jardinière French, Late 19th Century Height 38cm, width 78cm, depth 45cm This superb jardinière is crafted using several complex tec...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Flemish 18th Century Tortoiseshell Inlaid Cabinet on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A traditional Flemish ebonized wood cabinet, made in Antwerp in the 18th Century, with gorgeous tortoiseshell inlaid, supported on a stand with matching tortoiseshell panels and bun ...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Wood, Ebony

Antique Asian Water Pipe Yellow Copper, Tortoiseshell Scale, Tobacco Collectible
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Chinese Water Pipe in Yellow Copper, decorated with Tortoiseshell Scales. The Rectangular Base gives this Object its Elegance. French Private...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Copper

Set of 2 Obelisks 1930-1940
Located in MILL, NL
Set of 2 Tortoise and Ebony obelisks. From France, 1920-1940. In very good condition. Dimensions: 44H x 10.5W x 10.5D cm
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1930s Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Ebony

Louis XVI Boulle mantel clock, 19th Century.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French Louis XVI style Boulle mantel clock, having Father Time perched above the brass inlaid dome, scrolling foliate ormolu mounts, white enamel Rom...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique Edward Souter Barnsley & Co. Sterling Silver & Tortoiseshell Powder Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 1894 antique Edward Souter Barnsley & Co. sterling silver and tortoiseshell powder box decorated with a silver laurel leaf and bow inset to...
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19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Vintage Coastal Pencil Reed Vases - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic vintage coastal set of two vases. Chic coiled pencil reed in a warm tortoise shell finish. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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Late 20th Century Philippine Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Reed

Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Authentic Scrimshaw carved into and antique tortoise shell with brass legs. Carved aboard the Ship Argonaut. A whaling ship from Sag Harbor New York from 1814-1832. The detailed carv...
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Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

French Early 18th Century Louis XV Period Tortoise Shell and Ormolu Cartel Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French early 18th century Louis XV period tortoise shell and ormolu mounted Cartel clock. The impressive clock rests on its original wall mou...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ormolu

French Louis XV Style Boulle Mantel Clock with Ormolu Mounts and Cherub Finial
Located in Dallas, TX
.Decorate a study or formal living room with this exquisite vintage Boulle clock. Crafted in France circa 1950, the tall mantel timepiece stands on its original shaped base over bronze scrolled feet and decorative foliate mounts. The bombe-shaped case, richly inlaid with red tortoiseshell and intricate brass marquetry, features an arched pediment surmounted by a finely cast gilt bronze cherub blowing a trumpet. The ornate front showcases a gilt-bronze dial with raised floral and foliate motifs, blue and white enamel Roman numerals, and delicate hands. The glass door reveals the pendulum and inner ornamentation, including a sunburst motif centered by a mascaron face. This elegant mid-century interpretation of an 18th-century Louis XV Boulle clock...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Bronze, Enamel

17th Century Italian Tortoiseshell Table Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
17th century Ebonized case with parcel gilt decoration, iron handles and hinges. Fitted interior with inset tortoiseshell panels surrounded by brass filigree inlaid ebonized wood drawer and door fronts. Faux painted architectural columns on either side of center door which opens to reveal an additional set of small drawers. A rare early cabinet...
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17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Pair of 17th Century Spanish Baroque Gilt Bronze Mounted Cabinets on Stands
Located in Benington, Herts
An Exceptional and rare pair of 17th Century Spanish Baroque gilt bronze and metal mounted ebonised and tortoiseshell cabine...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Ebony

Composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A good antique composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box, German circa 1900 Going-barrel movement Setting the birds free... When wound and the sta...
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Early 1900s Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Gold piquet small tortoiseshell box with lover’s eye. France circa 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Small round box with lid, made of blond tortoiseshell with 18K gold intaglio finishes. On the lid is written, in French, the phrase Gage d’amitié (as a sign of friendship). Inside, o...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Gold

Antique French Continental Bronze Ormolu Mounted Boulle Style Desk/Center Table
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This magnificent 19th-century French Continental Boulle Desk / Center Table is a masterpiece of luxurious craftsmanship and timeless European elegance. Featuring an ebonized wood fin...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

17th century and later simulated tortoiseshell, gilt decorated strong box
Located in London, GB
An outstanding 17th century and later simulated tortoiseshell, gilt decorated, and iron bound strong box. With Chinoiserie decoration, the hinged top enclosing void interior with iro...
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17th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Iron

Pair of French Victorian Carved Rosewood Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian carved rosewood armchairs with Boulle brass and tortoiseshell inlay and bronze trim.   
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, England 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, England 19th Century
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19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
This stunning 19th-century Boulle-style cabinet is a remarkable example of fine craftsmanship and opulent design. Its intricate marquetry, inspired by the legendary André-Charles Bou...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Sterling Vanity Jar, English, Circa 1900
Located in Tampa, FL
A refined turn-of-the-century English vanity jar, likely from a larger dressing table set. The jar features a sterling silver top with English hallmarks, beautifully inlaid into warm...
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20th Century English Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Continental 18th Century Tortoiseshell and Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Continental 18th century Tortoiseshell and giltwood mirror. The original mirror plate is set within a beautiful mottled giltwood bo...
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18th Century Unknown Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Mirror

Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Alternating Panels From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this fine Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rect...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Silver and Blonde Tortoiseshell Mantle Clock lancet topped with silver stringing
Located in London, GB
A very fine blond tortoiseshell lancet topped mantel clock with silver stringing and bun feet. The superb tortoiseshell veneers with blonde gold highlights surround the clock complet...
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1890s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Early 20thC Viennese Mahogany Vanity Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC Viennese Mahogany Inlaid Gentleman's Vanity Table with hinged top and fold out compartments with faux tortoiseshell accessories a...
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Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mahogany

19th Century French Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century French Boulle inlaid mantel clock. Having a gilded ormolu figure of father time to the top, beautiful brass inlaid decoration to the sides and front. T...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

English Georgian Tortoise Shell Sewing Box with Silver Winged Paw Feet, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian Tortoise shell hinged sewing box with a gadrooned molded edge lid, fitted tufted interior, and resting on the original silver plate winged paw feet. Early 19th Century
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1810s English Georgian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Lacquered Korean Low Coffee Table with Elaborate Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean black lacquered wood low table with elaborate inlay works circa late Joseon dynasty (late 19th century to turn of 20th century). The low table, supported by slightly curved ...
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Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Vintage Art Deco Faux Tortoiseshell Lacquered Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Embrace the exotic nature of Art Deco design with this mesmerizing vintage console table! Featuring a faux-bamboo motif and finished with a gold-swirling, tortoise lacquer, this piec...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Wood, Lacquer

Faux Tessellated Tortoiseshell Mother-of-Pearl Jewelry Box by Maitland-Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage jewelry box in faux tessellated tortoise shell with mother-of-pearl and Abolone shell edge, circa 1970s. Simple, elegant and unique. Bin #N Jj
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell decorated with bone straps, carved and painted floral panels, and paw feet. The inside has a mirror and bon...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bone, Tortoise Shell

Table Cabinet, Mid-17th Century, Flemish Baroque, Ebonized and Tortoishell
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This cabinet was made in Flanders in the mid-17th century as a prestigious item for an affluent member of the professional classes. The significant amount of tortoishell employed dem...
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Mid-17th Century European Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

19th century round tortoise shell box with silver plate surround and feet.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Round tortoise shell box with stamped silver plate surrounds and feet. Top bears wreath crest. Top also shows slight nick consistent with age.
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1890s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Incredible 19th Century Continental Tortoiseshell and Silver Collectors Cabinet
Located in Richmond, VA
Incredible two piece 19th century Continental tortoiseshell and silver collectors cabinet on stand or vargueno. Likely Portuguese. Amazing quality with tortoiseshell drawers...
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19th Century European Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver, Bronze

Turtleshell hair comb-diadem, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Tortoiseshell tiara comb for hair surmounted by an element decorated with tortoiseshell volutes. France circa 1900. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 19th century Flemish ebony center or writing table having floral marquetry inlay inlaid bone insects on a walnut, ebony and faux tortoise backg...
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1860s Belgian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony

Dutch Colonial Indonesian Tortoiseshell Box with Gilded Brass mounts
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Of superb quality, this red tortoise shell box with beautifully executed gilded brass mounts was most likely originally made to hold Tea of Sirih. It is in very fine antique conditio...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Napoleon III Cabinet, Chest of Drawers in Boulle Style, France, 1850
Located in Chorzów, PL
We present a unique, antique Boulle style chest of drawers from the mid-19th century in France. This unique chest of drawers is not only a great example of masterful craftsmanship, b...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Pair of Large Tortoise Shell Candleholders by Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of large tortoiseshell candle holders by Maitland Smith, circa 1970s, both pieces are 6.375" in diameter and have a concaved metal top for candle placement. The larger...
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Mid-20th Century Philippine Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Metal

Edwardian Tortoiseshell and Silver Piquet Mantle Clock by J.C. Vickery
Located in London, GB
A very attractive English Edwardian tortoiseshell, scarlet tortoiseshell, silver & silver piquet carriage clock. Tortoiseshell panels to the sides & solid silver back door. The tort...
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Early 1900s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Fine Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle Constructed in ebony with arabesque foliate cut brass inlays, with premiere-partie panels set with tortoiseshell grounds and brass inlay work, and having extensive fine quality ormolu mounts; rising from animal paw sabots, mounted with female masks at the shoulders; the apron housing three drawers, with faux drawers to the obverse, the central drawers set with a Bacchic mask issuing foliates, the platform of serpentine form, having a brass guard edge, and inset with a gilt tooled morocco leather. Stamped to the carcass ‘BF’ and ‘Gros’. French, Circa 1870 Denise Ledoux-Lebard’s ‘Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siecle’. Published by les Editions de l’Amateur, 2000, lists a Benjamin Gros, whose enterprise amalgamated with the noted ebeniste Winckelsen in 1871; Gros had received an honourable mention for his ‘Boulle’ furniture in the Exposition Universelle in 1855. Literature; Le Mobilier Francais (qv) Seymour de Ricci, Batsford 1929 ‘Louis XIV and Regence Furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A scintillating Sapphic scene adorns the cover of this rare erotic snuff box. Set into the top of this burlwood and tortoiseshell container, this high...
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19th Century European Other Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Glass

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